Yarmuth Scolds Washington in CNBC Interview

Appearing on CNBC Thursday, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., told the business network Americans are fed up with the calamity in Washington over the ongoing debt ceiling deliberations as the August 2 deadline looms.

Yarmuth was asked what his constituents are thinking about the frustrating negotiations, and the three-term congressman ripped congressional leaders as the clock ticks towards the first ever default.

“They can’t believe we are operating in this way,” he said. “The idea that we would be contemplating significant changes in very important programs to institutions like Medicare and Social Security behind closed doors, with a gun at our heads, a date certain. And these talks are being done in secret. We shouldn’t be doing business this way.”